The bout served as the headliner of Saturday’s Invicta FC 3 event, which took place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan.

Penne looked strong from the beginning, as after a brief exchange on the feet she quickly caught a Sugiyama kick and pushed her opponent to the floor. From there, she smoothly transitioned into full mount and looked to be in complete control. However, despite facing an apparent strength disparity, Sugiyama scrambled and bucked and avoided any type of finish.

That would change in the second.

After moving into a Thai clinch, Penne violently snapped her opponent to the floor, but Sugiyama smoothly rolled into top position. However, Penne was slick from her back and showed a deft transition into a triangle-choke position. Sugiyama remained calm in defense and looked as if she might survive the trouble, but Penne adjusted the hold and finally elicited the tap at the 2:20 mark.

Penne now boasts a three-fight win streak since her lone career defeat – a Bellator 25 loss to Zoila Gurgel in 2010. Sugiyama loses for the first time as a professional.

In the opening frame, grappling ace Baszler took the fight quickly to the floor and moved from side control almost immediately to her opponent’s back. D’Alelio showed fine defensive capabilities as she defended any potential choke attempts, but Baszler’s threatening submission game left her unable to mount any counter attacks. Baszler also showed some vicious creativity with several painful-looking stomps the heel and calf of her kneeling opponent.

In the second, Baszler continued her grappling-based assault by taking the fight again to the floor and then unleashing a vicious ground-and-pound assault. D’Alelio tried to counter by snagging a leg, but Baszler simply shucked off the attempt and transitioned to the back ina scramble where she immediately locked in the rear-naked choke. D’Alelio had no choice but to tap at 37 seconds into the second frame.

Baszler improved to 5-1 in her past six matchups and could be in line for an Invicta FC title shot, as well as a potential call from Strikeforce. D’Alelio sees a two-fight win streak snapped.

The pair wasted little time in engaging, as they moved moved forward from the opening bell and fired off strikes in the pocket. But the fight got especially interesting when the bout hit the canvas, as Smith focused on delivering damage from top while Young looked close to ending the fight with armbar and triangle choke attempts from the bottom. The action was back-and-forth in the opening frame, but that changed in the second.

In the sophomore stanza, the two again grappled on the canvas, but it was Smith who was on the attack. Bringing the action down with a rolling kneebar, she missed on the opening attempt but alertly scrambled to top position, where she settled into a mounted crucifix and began unloading punches. Young tried desperately to work free, but Smith was heavy on top and remained in control until the bout was waved off at the 2:19 mark of the second.

Smith snapped a two-fight winless streak while Young falls to 0-2-1 in her past three appearances.

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